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· Putin and Erdogan Announce Plan for Northeast Syria, Bolstering Russian Influence
· 10 Ways America’s Situation in the Middle East Will Get Worse
· Cybersecurity and Democracy Collide: Locking Down Elections
· Andrew Yang Wants a Thorium Reactor by 2027. Good Luck, Buddy
· Almost Every State in the Country Is Now Investigating Facebook
· New Rules of the Road for $4B DHS Financial Management Buy
· The New Science Fossil Fuel Companies Fear
· Iranian Hacking Group Targeted Satellite Industry Nerds
Putin and Erdogan Announce Plan for Northeast Syria, Bolstering Russian Influence (Anton Troianovski and Patrick Kingsley, New York Times)
Russia’s leader hosted his Turkish counterpart as a U.S.-brokered cease-fire with Kurdish forces came to an end, underscoring Moscow’s emergence as a powerful player in the Middle East.
10 Ways America’s Situation in the Middle East Will Get Worse (Ketti Davison, Defense One)
The Syrian pullout and the Iraqi instability are undermining U.S. national-security interests.
Cybersecurity and Democracy Collide: Locking Down Elections (Andrew Westrope, Governing)
The virtual guarantee of foreign meddling in the 2020 election poses a challenge to state and local officials, IT staff included, to protect American democracy. Experts say the keys to success will be cybersecurity, paper trails, risk-limiting audits and inter-agency communication.
Andrew Yang Wants a Thorium Reactor by 2027. Good Luck, Buddy (Daniel Oberhaus, Wired)
The presidential candidate backs a type of reactor that promises cleaner, safer nuclear energy. But it may not be the best way to ditch fossil fuels.
Almost Every State in the Country Is Now Investigating Facebook (Theodore Schleifer, Vox)
What will they find?
New Rules of the Road for $4B DHS Financial Management Buy (Adam Mazmanian, FCW)
The Department of Homeland Security announced it would eliminate conflict-of-interest restrictions in a pair of highly connected procurements to allow vendors to bid on both.
The New Science Fossil Fuel Companies Fear (Zack Colman, Politico)
Researchers can now link weather events to emissions – and to the companies responsible. A string of lawsuits is about to give “attribution science” a real-life test.
Iranian Hacking Group Targeted Satellite Industry Nerds (Adam Rawnsley and Seamus Hughes, Daily Beast)
Law enforcement found hackers from a well-known group of cybervandals trying to trick satellite trackers into installing malware.
